Improving the long-term management of benign thyroid nodules

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 903-904

  Cappola, Anne R ^a   Mandel, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANAGED CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84924522021     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.0836     Document Type: Editorial

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